Then there was the case of Arizona defensive lineman Darnell Dockett, who will say pretty much anything on Twitter, and was in the mood for some chicken wings and McCarron's girlfriend (h/t to SBNation.com for the screen grab):

DD, they deliver!RT @ddockett: Aye @_katherinewebb hit me (240) 464-4150 when game over, lets go to wing stop then King of diamond, ;)

King of Diamonds is a strip club in Miami (and Dockett is definitely going the Ice Cube "You're thinking lobster, I'm thinking Burger King," route with the Wingstop proposition). Well, McCarron had just beaten Notre Dame, has the girl everyone is lusting after, so he didn't mind coming back on a NFL Pro Bowler:

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